Improvement in fire-place grates



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAvID DANGLE, OE BELMONT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-PLACE GRATES.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Beit known that I, DAvID PANGLE, of Belmont, in the county of Belmontand State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inGrates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the. construction and operation ofthe same,reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l. of the drawing is a representation of a vertical transversesection of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal section ol'the saine. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ot the same.

This invention has relation to lre-grates; and consists in theapplication to a nre-place of sliding doors; to the grate, of a bottomwhich may be shaken by a suitably-arranged handle; and also in thepeculiar construction of the grate ends arranged in relation to the backof the tire-place and reflecting-plate, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, A representsthe front plate surrounding a fire-place, and B the front parallel barsof a grate set therein. U C indicate two doors arranged to slidelaterally between horizontal slidebars d. When brought together thesedoors close up the hre-place in iront of the grate, and when separatedslide behind the plate A. D D designate the ends of the grate D",slotted at D to receive the projecting longitudinal bars d of thegrate-base df, composed of the latter, united by the transverse bars d.E is an elbow-lever, one end of which is pivoted to one of the bars d.The other end is outside the plate A. The lever extends through a slotin the latter. The moving of this lever vibrates the grate-bottom andshakes down the ashes in order to clean the same. F is an ash-drawer,which slides in and out underneath the grate. G G represent verticalstandards at the ends of the grate, supporting on their upper ends thetriangular radiator H, having its under surface corrugated to increaseits extent. I indicates two vertical slide-bars, in which the front ofthe grate is fitted and may be removed from it, at pleasure, When burntout, or for other causes.

Having described my invention, I claim- The lire-place herein described,provided with the corrugated inclined radiator H, the rising front barsB, the lixed supporting-grate D having longitudinal bars, and thecross-barred slidegrate df, longitudinally vibrated by the lever E,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of Witnesses WM. MCCAEFREY,

J ENKINsoN WRIGHT. (154)

